Cressy, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Irvine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40336. It stands on Woodward Creek. The Survey maps it on the Palmer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1892 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Palmer quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
33 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Cressy between 1997 and 2020, burning about 163 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 30 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 6 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 April 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | RED BIRD LANE |
| 26 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cressy in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 6 heavy rain, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Heavy Rain | Cressy | - | The cooperative observer in Cressy measured 1.77 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Cressy | - | The cooperative observer at Cressy measured 5.14 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period ending at 7 am EDT. An additional 0.95 inches of rain fell during the previous 24 hours, bringing the 48-hour and storm total amount to 6.09 inches. |
| May 2010 | Heavy Rain | Cressy | - | A volunteer weather observer reported that 1.39 inches of rain fell in Cressy between 4 and 6 pm. |
| May 2010 | Heavy Rain | Cressy | - | A volunteer weather observer measured 1.39 inches of rainfall in Cressy between 6 and 8 pm. |
| May 2010 | Heavy Rain | Cressy | - | A volunteer weather observer reported 2.78 inches of rainfall in Cressy since 8 am. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Cressy | - | Noland Creek Road was completely impassable due to water flowing over the road 8 miles north northwest of Irvine. |
| June 2009 | Heavy Rain | Cressy | - | A coop observer measured a 24 hour rainfall total of 2.77 inches in Cressy. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Cressy | - | Parvin Road was closed due to high water over a bridge. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Cressy | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Mound | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Palmer | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| The Forks (historical) | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Kimbrell | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Sams (historical) | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Bogie (historical) | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Hargett | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Spout Springs | 3.5 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122596316 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 507779. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






